“No, I’m not going to come get you,” Young said. “You want to go ride with me?”

Though Lauren turned down the deputy's offer for a spin in the patrol car, her mom said she’s re-played the video of the encounter with pride.

“It just really melts my heart that he came back. I just thought that was the sweetest thing,” Jacynthia Dennard told The Telegraph of Young. “I want to know if I can buy him lunch or just do something. … I think he went above and beyond his duties.”